Cherry wood eating spoon #9

Length: 17cm (6 3/4 inches)
Bowl width: 4.6cm
Bowl length: 6cm
Finish: hemp seed oil

This dark coloured bullace or wild plum spoon has distinctive markings in the bowl. The wood is very hard and silky smooth, it’s going to be a joy to eat with.

Length: 14cm (5 1/2 inches)
Bowl width: 3.5cm
Bowl length: 4.5cm
Finish: hemp seed oil

This elegant blackthorn teaspoon has a longish handle with an interesting pattern of facets. The pale wood at the bowl edge will darken and pick up a lovely patina when it’s stirred a few hundred cuts of tea.

Length: 15cm
Bowl width: 4.5cm
Bowl length: 5.6cm
Finish: hemp seed oil

This pretty little blackthorn spoon has a different shaped handle than I usually make, probably dictated by the knarly piece of balckthorn it was carved from. It’s got a small amount of softer wood in the bowl – that pale line through the dark heartwood – that’s why is a little bit cheaper than other spoons here. In my judgement this wont be a problem and there’s years of good sue to be had from it. Blackthorn is tough stuff.

Length: 17cm  (6 3/4 inches)
Bowl width: 5cm
Bowl length: 6.5cm
Finish: hemp seed oil

This chunky eating spoon is typical of my recent carving. The bowl is deep enough at the back to hold plenty of liquid but shallow at the front to eat off comfortably. The handle is thicker than you might be used to but oval in profile with a facetted top surface and rounded below to make it extra comfy to hold. Cherry like this with some dark growth rings doesn’t come along very often.